Automobile ventilator



Nov. 11, 1930. A. BERMAN 1,780,903

AUTOMOBILE VENTILATOR Fild Jan. 50, 1930 2 SheetsSheet 1 1 NVENTOR QUULP/r' BER/7M Mi 2 ATTOR EY Nov. 11, 1930. A. BERMAN AUTOMOBILE VENTILATOR Filed Jan. 50, 19:50 2 SheetsSheet 2 INVENTOR ADOLPH BER/MN BY Patented Nov. 11, 1930 AfiQLPl-I" eemmn oenwxson nnienmsenonezlrsmmnreriiyenew yonx ,nu'roivromrn VENTILAIQR -App1ication fi1edJanuary 30,1930. .Seri'al no. 42%i,'z10.'

'The present invention relates to improvements in ventilators f particularly to a ventilator which maybe installed: as a uni side doors;

Another objectof this invention is; to provide means for regulating theviolume of air .adrnitted :througha the .-ventilat0r into thefvehicle body. Another object of this invention resides in the provision ofa .in- Vthe ventilator. etc., and downwardly ,Vfacing aperture in the door frame through which Etheu'nde- 5 sirable. substances drop-to with the .dooris opened.

W'Vith theabove an {the invention will :be

ticularly described; an 7 zarrangement of parts will be shown" inth accompanying :draw-ings and pointed out; in V .the claims which form ,part or thisv spkeciifi cation, it being understood that f'th'e em-j bodiment herewith .s trative and that various ch proportion, :size and ninor struction within the scope of the claims, may be .resortedato. without departing from the spirit er /sacrificing any of the tages of ftherinvention Reference will. now I v dings, whereinlike.

designatecorresponding ,parts throughout the -several views,in which:

zFigure 1 is. aside relevat'on .ofi ianjutomofronteviewzof the. ventilator masinstallefd, in one of {the doors. r

V zlFigure i2: .is a rear view of the ventilator and .shows .t .o if slidingivdoors' [therein for ;-regulating vthe valunne .of, Vairfladmitte'd into -:the vehicle through the ventilator.

I Figure 73 is.a=.horizo1f1ta1,sectionalview of Tithe ventilator taken, as onfli i-uref;2l fF-igure. t ;v iew of 'lthe ventilatoi -ian iliner' l ,infFigurej l. as .llnj the; illustrated. ventionfFigurel show V .a side .door '11. equipped with d. other objects :in View hereinafter more pard the combination and hown is merely? illus anges'. injthe' form,

be .had to jthefdraw 45 list an enlarged vertical sectional d'door'tak'enas on n bo'diment of the ins a vehicle body 10', a vertically 1 automobiles and t the lower level of the fine mesh screen pl aced to, :keep'out dust, insects;

details of con-' advan in'fthe 'same'idirectionend the louversicurve numerals of referencenel in Fig slidabl'e panel of plate glass 12 which: may be. raised and lowered betweeir the outerpartit-ion 13 and innerpartition 1 b of the 1 door, best "shown in Figure i 3 and Figure 24,; .by .,means of aliftingdevice operated fIOHIibl'lQ interior; of the vehicle. WV-hen "the glass panel is lowered all the way down, there :is avacantspace 15 'left between; the bottom :ofthe i'glass' "and the; lower side 1630f the door" 11. I through' ope "door 11 at. the" body and the ventilator 18 is inserted therein from the outside of the-vehicle. A. downwardly. ifacing aperture 119 is also i provided fin theflower {side '16- of the *door 1 '11.

- 'T-The ventilator 1 8' comprises a unitaassenibl'y rand consists efa rectangular light-metal iframe' "20,;thje overall depth *ofwh-ich :isl the same' as "the "depth ofthe-"door infl whichz-the ventilator is to be, installed and the length j 'laifidbeight correspond to the din1ensioiis of ftheopening '1'7in-'-thedoor.The frainei20 isj provi'ded with: a front wall '21 in which lth-ere' is *stanipedtorformed a plurality of "1ouv'ers'f'22, '22, {extendingsubstantiallyIthe full height of the ventilator" "and arranged r in; paralle1; relation' witlr-each other. The fopenings23j23, *forrhd bythe louvers face ning "17 isprovid'ed in -the towardsthe iinteriorofthe ventilator. The rear or inner Wvall il of theiventilator has "been"perforatedto provide: two apertures 25,

25. Adjacent the rear wall 24: anchinteriorly of the -ventilator therehas been provided two horizontally sliding doors 26, 26, Y'Wliich iaremahiprilatd by means"; of two (racks 27,-27, and a -p'i-nion :gear 128; The F i new a 29 atthe other end or =whichfis an operating meinber 3-O which a may have knurled surface:=so asto be easily gripped. The

racks 27, 27 "are sui doors by means of rivets or countersunk screws '31 a or "may "be welded :in place, and the/ pinion gear isrOtatably-mounted in a "central 1111b 32, forming-i-part nofithe rear Wall/"24. Asbest shown in Figure :Zythe gear ,i an d racks are-normally Y inurmesh and s-mounte'dat one end of ashaft s -floor level of *the Ivehicle V tably fastened cm the simultaneously. y

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each rack projects from respective door inthe'direction of theopposite door."

, 7 It will thus be noted thatwhen the member s is rotated the gear 28 engages the teeth I in both racks 27 27, and both doors may be either separated or brought closer vtogether ed a line mesh'screen partition33spreferably'; extending parallel to the side walls. The

screen is permanently fastened in'pla ce Athrbugh aperture 34 is provided in one of the longer sides 3510f the rectangular frame 120 and when the ventilator'is'installed 1n the gopenin'g; 17 of the side door 1 1,1the aperture Law 34 is'superimposed over the corresponding aperture 19 in the lower side ofthedoor of the vehicle. V .l l 7, L I I Asbest shown inEigureB, thefrontwall 21 ofthe ventil'ator is larger than the frame .20 or the rear wall 24:,and forms projecting flangef36v all aroundthe frame. The outer partition 13 of the door 11 has an inwardly .-;protruding recess 37' all ,aroundthe open-J ingl'Z and this recess admlts thefront Wall.

21 of the Ventilator so" that whenthe. venti ;.lator,is installed in place the frontwallkof the ventilator aligns with thefront {face off #thedwe and there are vno projecting-parts V .at the front faceofthe vehicle door. The rear 'orinn'er walllof the ventilator issmfi de to align I .pwith' the iinnerg'face ofthe vehicledoorand ;the front and 1 "lel; v," 4 a ,e I:

The *ventilators are designed to befr'e'mov a:- ablyyi'nstalled in the side doorsor'other por- I ,1 tions of thevehicle body, and are intended to ;be' produced as a complete unitlassemhly in varied sizes, the general arrangement of the, I I parts, however, remaining the same] I Otheruses may befoundfortheventllator, such as forinstallation in windows of build; ings, Where it is-desirable to have. a ventilator having means for regulatingthe volume of airadmitted ,intothe room while the ventilatorremainspermanently fixed in the wi nd ovvf frame.

I When the vehiclelisjset in motion inafor- I Y ward direction, the airrushing by the vehicle 1 bo'dy'is' scooped into thevehicle through the ventilator louvers 22 atthe'floor level 39'of' f thegglass panel 1-2 which is kept slightly low-,5 eredw v The screenlp'artition 83"serves. to prevent" dustandinsectsfrom entering the interior of the vehicle. The dustand insects arethrown l 1 030 mm Ofi ihmhtion" the'vehicle, and the vitiated airisfforced out I 3 againstthe screen" and falldown through the I aperture 34in-the frame into the downward ly facing aperture 19 in the door. When the vehicledoor opened, the foreignsubstances fallidown to the ground.

' The passenger or the operator manipulates Q the sliding doors 26, 26, of the ventilator'by rotating the operating member 30 and regulates the air draft admitted through the 22,, is discharged between the sliding doors 26, 26, in the manner indicated by arrows in off entirely without disturbing the vehicle door, or vehicle body, e tc. 'f

A ventilator of my improved construction is comparatively simple and compact,*"can be' easily" and cheaply produced and installed,- is, applicable for u'se in connection with all forms of vehicles and-is eifectiveoin' .louvers according to the requirements and" 'conditions of the weather; I The air admitted through the louvers 22,

regulatingfthe volume andjcondition of the air entering the vehicle and iii-keeping the passengers feet 0001 'duringhot weather, and a i does not interfere with the raising and-loweringf 's a s p n h do'orffH'aving' thus described my invention, what. f

1 cl m as new: and desire to secure by Letters ,Patentis: V V y I ,1. A ventilator" for vehicles, 1 comprisinga 7 frame having front andrear walls, the front I wall-being: larger thanfthe'rear wall and forminga proj ectingj flange all around said" tfl tfwall mh frame, the frontgwallj being'providedfwith v f-a'plurality of louversfacing inwardly, the

rear wall being provided Withapertures andwith sliding doorswithin the ventilator frame to open and close said apertures, a :screen partition intermediate'the said walls,and"an aperture in one of the sides of the frame.

plurality of apertures in the rear wall, a plurality of doors inwardly of said rear wall and adapted toope'n and close said apertures,

a screen partition intermediate the 'frontand i f rear Walls of the ventilator and an aperture in the lower side of the-frame, said aperture being superimposed over a co-acting'th'rough Haperture'in the'lowerside of thevehicle door. a

3, ventilator for vehicles, comprising a frame'having parallelfront and rear walls,

throughan opening 38 at the upper level of frontkwau being P Q d th a P ra'lity lo'frlouversffa g inwardlyfthe r r wall being provided with one or more'apertures andw'ith regulatingmeans Within the l I ventilator frame to openand closesaid aperandan frame'f i a 4; An' adjustableventilatorunit'for a veill) hicle removably installed at the lower level of a door of said vehicle and comprising a I hollow rectangular frame havlng parallel front and rear walls, the front wall being larger than the frame and forming a flange all around said frame, the front wall being provided with a plurality of louvers facing inwardly of said frame, the rear wall being provided with apertures and with two horizontally sliclable doors within the ventilator frame and adjacent said wall, a screen partition intermediate the front and rear ventilator walls, a pinion gear mounted in the rear wall to engage racks on the sliding doors and adapted to open or close said doors simultaneously, the front and rear walls of the ventilator being respectively in alignment with the outer and inner faces of the vehicle door and a through slot in the lower sides of the ventilator and vehicle door, said slot being located intermediate the louvered front wall and screen partition. 7

Signed at the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 13th day of December A. D. 1929.

, ADOLPH BERMAN. 

